Jòb 17
1 “Lespri m fin kase. Jou m yo etenn; tonbo a pare pou mwen.
"My spirit is consumed. My days are extinct, And the grave is ready for me.
2 Anverite mokè yo avè m, e zye m fikse sou pwovokasyon yo.
Surely there are mockers with me. My eye dwells on their provocation.
3 “Depoze la koulye a, yon sekirite. Kanpe kon garanti mwen, ak Ou menm. Se kilès ki kab antann avè m?
"Now give a pledge, be collateral for me with yourself. Who is there who will strike hands with me?
4 Paske Ou te anpeche kè yo konprann; pou sa, ou pa p egzalte yo.
For you have hidden their heart from understanding, Therefore you shall not exalt them.
5 Sila ki enfòme kont zanmi li yo pou piyaj la, menm zye pitit li yo va vin gate.
He who denounces his friends for a prey, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.
6 “Men Li te fè m vin tounen yon vye pwovèb pou pèp la. Konsa, yo vin krache sou figi m.
"But he has made me a byword of the people. They spit in my face.
7 Anplis, zye m vin pa wè klè akoz doulè m, e tout nanm mwen tankou lonbraj.
My eye also is dim by reason of sorrow. All my members are as a shadow.
8 Moun ladwati va byen twouble ak sa, e linosan an va leve li menm kont enkwayan yo.
Upright men shall be astonished at this. The innocent shall stir up himself against the godless.
9 Malgre, moun dwat la va kenbe chemen li e sila ki gen men pwòp yo va vin pi fò e pi fò.
Yet shall the righteous hold on his way. He who has clean hands shall grow stronger and stronger.
10 Men nou tout, retounen; malgre mwen pa twouve yon nonm saj pami nou.
But as for you all, come on now again; I shall not find a wise man among you.
11 Jou pa m yo fin pase, plan mwen yo vin chire nèt, menm dezi a kè mwen yo.
My days are past, my plans are broken off, as are the thoughts of my heart.
12 Yo fè lannwit mwen vin sanble lajounen. Yo di ‘limyè a toupre’ lè tout se fènwa.
They change the night into day, saying 'The light is near' in the presence of darkness.
If I look for Sheol as my house, if I have spread my couch in the darkness, (Sheol h7585)
14 Si mwen kriye a fòs tonbo a: ‘Se ou ki papa m’; epi a vè a: “Ou se manman m ak sè m’;
If I have said to corruption, 'You are my father;' to the worm, 'My mother,' and 'my sister;'
15 Alò, koulye a, se kibò espwa mwen ye? Epi se kilès k ap okipe espwa m?
where then is my hope? As for my hope, who shall see it?
